AppWorks
appworks.tw Direct + LP
AppWorks is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Taipei, Taiwan. It provides funding and support to startups from seed to growth stages, with a focus on Greater Southeast Asia. It manages four funds totaling US$350 million and invests in 20-30 deals per year.
AppWorks is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 2009. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from pre-seed to Series C and later, in AI, Web3, southeast Asia and blockchain. Its stated cheque size is US$200K to $15M per deal. US$386 million total fund size under management and 663 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We want to be the first investor to fund you and we want to help you go all the way.”
— AppWorks, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Asia, Greater Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Southeast Asia
- Sectors
- AI, Web3, Southeast Asia, blockchain, fintech, e-commerce, mobility, healthcare
- Cheque size
- US$200K to $15M per deal
- Founded
- 2009
- Assets under management
- US$386 million total fund size
- Portfolio
- 663 companies
Team, as AppWorks publishes it
- Jamie Lin Chairman & Partner
- Andy Tsai Partner
- Jessica Liu Partner
- Joseph Chan Partner
- Nice Cheng Partner
- Alyssa Chen Principal
- Ching Tseng Principal
- Sophie Chiu Principal
- Jun Wakabayashi Venture Principal
- Shirney Huang CEO of Aiworks
Names and roles exactly as listed on appworks.tw. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 344 co-investors found.
- Lowercarbon Capital 3 shared companies: breezy.hr, businessinsider.com, rippling-ats.com
- ParaFi Capital LP 3 shared companies: figment.io, animocabrands.com, hubbleprotocol.io
- Intudo Ventures 3 shared companies: isellercommerce.com, emq.com, kargo.tech
- Skystar Capital 3 shared companies: bythen.ai, usenobi.com, rekosistem.com
- Adit Ventures Management, LLC 2 shared companies: goo.gl, animocabrands.com
- Visionaries Club GMBH 2 shared companies: goo.gl, personio.com
- Ground Up Ventures 2 shared companies: breezy.hr, rippling-ats.com
- Bonfire Ventures 2 shared companies: figment.io, rippling-ats.com
- Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) LLC 2 shared companies: figment.io, animocabrands.com
- Index Ventures 2 shared companies: personio.com, discord.gg
and 334 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page AppWorks publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://appworks.tw/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://appworks.tw/investments/stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, aum
- https://appworks.tw/team/people
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Record 1076 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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